Trilegal is a prominent full-service firm with a sizeable team of seasoned dispute resolution experts. The firm excels in all traditional corporate areas but has particular disputes strengths in competition, complex commercial litigation, international arbitration, insolvency, tax, and white-collar crime. The team has a track record covering a broad spectrum of litigations across all forums, including the Supreme Court, various High Courts, lower courts, tribunals, and other regulatory and quasi-judicial commissions. A substantial portion of the firm’s caseload has a major international component – for instance, sensitive M&A-related disputes and complex commercial transactions. The firm consistently features in extremely complex high-stake disputes and multi-jurisdictional mandates.
Trilegal has deep and long-standing relationships with a large network of top-tier foreign law firms. With its place locked in among the best global disputes firms, the international arbitration team is a go-to choice for various international and domestic clients, including the ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India, Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Mitsui and Co, Wipro Enterprises, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Resilient Innovations, Goldman Sachs and GMR.
Dispute resolution head and partner Shankh Sengupta leads a team of disputes-focused partners that includes Jafar Alam, Ashish Bhan, Nitesh Jain, Tine Abraham, Pallav Shukla, Siddharth Ranade, and Anuj Berry. Other key figures are partners with practice specialities that overlap with the disputes group, such as competition specialists Gautam Chawla and Gauri Chhabra, white-collar crimes investigation specialist Kunal Gupta and tax specialists Himanshu Sinha and Samsuddha Majumder.
The Trilegal team took centre stage in a high-profile corporate battle, representing four foreign investors in oppression-mismanagement proceedings and related pre-arbitration proceedings in a dispute against the founders of edu-tech giant, Byju's. Collectively, the clients had invested hundreds of millions and hold over a quarter of the shares in the company. It is the first time that various foreign investors have come together to complain of oppression and mismanagement in an Indian start-up and protest unfair dilution.
The firm also acted for Resilient Innovations in a recovery suit against its former managing director for misappropriated amounts and for compensation for loss of goodwill, reputation and brand value suffered by the company and other connected suits and proceedings involving issues of corporate defamation. This is the first proceeding in India where a unicorn start-up has initiated proceedings against an ex-founder and CEO to uphold corporate governance norms and recover the funds misappropriated.
Client feedback
"Trilegal's experience in disputes related to construction contracts is evident in how they prepare claim documents and analyze the available information." - Construction
"Trilegal is commercial, extremely responsive, and a class above the rest in international arbitration." – International arbitration
"They are a top-notch firm with exceptional skills in international arbitration. Their performance is perfectly executed!" – International arbitration
Nitesh Jain
"Nitesh is a top-notch team leader with significant knowledge, experience, and skill in international arbitration, including highly complex, bet-the-company matters. He commands respect before tribunals and organizes his teams effectively."
"He is both commercial and sharp, which is a great combination. He also has a keen ability to read the tribunal well."
Shalaka Patil
"Shalaka is easy to communicate with. She is knowledgeable in her area of law and solution-oriented. Her team is competent, ensuring that clients are assured of the quality of work and advice provided."
Mohit Rohatgi
"He excels in strategizing and advising."
Himanshu Shekhar Sinha
"He is articulate and recognized as best in class for international tax and transfer pricing."
